The first Urban Mobility Days (29 September – 2 October), starting tomorrow, will bring together 2,000 experts for a virtual debate on the most important topics in urban mobility today. This will include addresses from the European Commission, and will feature success stories of a number of ICLEI Members.

The conference theme is ‘zero-emission mobility for all’.

The event will focus on solutions to make mobility in cities and towns more sustainable, with a view to making Europe a carbon-neutral continent by 2050, as set out in the European Green Deal.

Many cities adapted their infrastructure and mobility plans to keep people and goods moving during the COVID-19 outbreak. The conference will feature their stories, and a timely discussion on resilience and the role of urban mobility in the pandemic.

“This has been a challenging year for our towns and cities," expressed Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean. "But, the pandemic is also an opportunity to rethink how we can make mobility in urban areas safer, cleaner and accessible to all. As the first EU event gathering all urban mobility stakeholders, Urban Mobility Days 2020 is the right place to take stock of the challenges we face and discuss solutions to address them."

The event will showcase measures to foster a carbon-neutral and inclusive urban environment across Europe, and present the CIVITAS Awards to towns and cities for their outstanding work fostering sustainable urban mobility. The calls for applications for the next EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Awards and EU Urban Road Safety Award will also be launched.

This is the first year of the Urban Mobility Days conference, which gathers policymakers, local authorities, NGOs, researchers and other mobility practitioners for four intense days of discussions. The conference unites two former key events from the urban mobility calendar: the CIVITAS Forum Conference and the European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).

If you have not yet registered for the event, you can still follow along and join the debate on social media, using the hashtag #UrbanMobility. Session recordings will also be made available after the event.

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